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In reply to: profile page
You shouldn’t need a plugin to have emails sent or to have profile fields. Are you using the BuddyPress default theme? I ask because something could be wrong there – not sure there is though.
Now, when I say you don’t need plugins to send emails or have profile fields it all depends on ‘what’ and ‘how much’ you want.
https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/configure-buddypress-components/#users-profile-fields should be a starting point for you on profile fields though.
Usually if this happens it would be due to a scripting clash or error. I would myself when diagnosing this compare to the default BuddyPress theme just to see if it happens there. Have you tried that?
In reply to: Profile fieldsAs a starting point: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/html-on-profile-page-can-it-be-done/ may be useful.
In reply to: Customizing the Buddypress ForumHi, you’d need to either get a theme for BuddyPress that had bbPress / forum styling built in or create your own theme for it. It’s quite well documented though:
https://codex.bbpress.org/theme-compatibility/
https://codex.bbpress.org/component/theme/In reply to: Progress…It’s pretty much a case by case basis for individual developers – life happens, sometimes keeping a plugin up for free doesn’t work out. Adopting plugins is something that fairly often happens so I wouldn’t rule that out. One of the ways to make sure your favourite / useful plugin though gets updated and the developer is able to keep running with it, is to donate if there is the option to for that developer. They are in many cases doing it free.
In reply to: Buddypress generates “bpfull-35×35” avatarsWhat theme are you using? I ask this as it may have an impact.
Hi, first up what theme are you using? Are you using the default BuddyPress theme or some other one?
In reply to: Creating a at-a-glance section (Question)Usually in BuddyPress that would be the site activity stream. You can embed that anywhere you want. Would that be a good solution? http://testbp.org/activity/ shows what it by default would show – but a number of plugins also show output there.
I see you mention hours they contributed – this seems more user specific not site specific (which the other things you list do fall into). If it was me I’d try and keep the two separate and maybe show a user table somehow of stats like that or leave it on profiles. That or perhaps what you are meaning would be an output like ‘bob volunteered 4hours today’ rather than a running total. In that case, it would be down to custom development or a plugin that is monitoring those donated hours. But, the hook is there in BuddyPress for it to output.
I think you’ve already asked this
Better to keep to one thread – doesn’t get a faster answer by asking multiple times.
In reply to: emmalgamating pluginsCan you merge plugins? Yes, but it would mean creating a plugin that then did all those things. So, if you are happy with development then go for it – otherwise perhaps a more lean approach to plugins would be needed.
As for identifying what you need? My recommendation would be get a test site or local version of your site set up. Then you can ‘experiment’ and turn on/off each plugin to see if it’s needed. Plugin audits aren’t a bad thing though and a good process to go through if your site is experiencing bloat.
I will add though a host getting upset about plugins is a bit weird. Perhaps you also need to consider if you think the amount you need are all valid and required, whether another host would be good? I certainly wouldn’t stay with a host that got upset about plugins rather than worked with me to advise, on the flipside I try and be lean about plugins.
In reply to: Bp menuWhat plugin did you try and use – sorry I want to be sure what you exactly are trying to do so can advise here?
I just did a quick check and that plugin is only designed to work for the members directory not site wide from what I see. Either that or it’s stopped working on activity, but the notes seem to indicate it’s designed for members directory.
Per user you can set it yourself but I guess you want a solution that forces users to have it displayed one way? If the per user method works though you can under their user settings in the admin.
This thread: https://buddypress.org/community/groups/requests-feedback/forum/topic/fullname-vs-username-vs-first-last-name/?topic_page=1&num=15 has some thoughts on solutions but they are all code and not sure how applicable to the current code base.
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-usernames-only/forum/topic/bp-username-only-plugin-announcements/ however may be another thing to consider.
In reply to: Thinking about moving to buddypressThe short answer is yes but with some custom modification. Either you’re going to have to develop it yourself or work with a developer to achieve everything.
In reply to: Default ThemeDo you mean bbpress or BuddyPress? Want to be sure what you are doing.
Have you translated the theme and your template pack – to me it seems that something would not be being translated so you’re maybe only picking up one of the strings. Maybe the template pack isn’t translating?
In reply to: Post sticky in all group forums with one topic‘Out of the box’ things are sticky in their own forums. You could start with this discussion though:
I’d recommend you don’t hack core files though and pull it out into a bp-custom.php file.
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/
In reply to: directory of pros + members + charter (tos)Seems to me like BuddyPress will do most of that but the ‘filtering’ to different types of sign up probably you’d want to look at some form of membership plugin in conjunction.
Hi, Just to check are you using the default BuddyPress theme or are you using a custom theme?
In reply to: [Resolved] How do I get the BuddyBar back?@shawn38: no worries but from what was said the issue was initially using bb not bp custom
I made the bb-custom.php file in notepad+++ and entered this;
http://nickyernstsen.dk/spilportal/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/code.jpg
I then uploaded it here; /test/wp-content/plugins
In reply to: [Resolved] How do I get the BuddyBar back?@shawn38: no it should go in bp-custom.php – you should never add things to your wp-config file like that it’s a bit of bad practice.
https://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/bp-custom-php/ – for reference
In reply to: [Resolved] How do I get the BuddyBar back?@Chouf1 : It all depends on what they are using it for – true or false can be used. However the main issue is that you are using a bb-custom.php file there @nickyernstsen. You need bp-custom.php.
In reply to: [Resolved] How do I get the BuddyBar back?Where did you put that code?
In reply to: [Resolved] How do I get the BuddyBar back?You can use the following code snippet in your /wp-content/plugins/bp-custom.php:
`add_filter( ‘bp_use_wp_admin_bar’, ‘__return_true’ );`
A small point but wouldn’t that be ‘Just me’ not nobody?
In reply to: BP.org – Us vs ThemI am simply going to comment once here and won’t reply as I’ve had my fill of debates like this. Part of me just feels I shouldn’t even comment anymore but you certainly have got the wrong end of the stick. I for one want you to get involved more – I have lost count of how many times said that now. I still do and my hope was that you step into the community with more involvement not tred on it with a statement like this, so with that intent I shall comment.
You’re not the only one active in the community speaking to users, many say positive things. As someone that is like everyone else whose not a core contributor and by your definition an ‘us’ not an them (horrible definitions with too much negative weight to be used with bias), I can say that I couldn’t disagree more with your attitude exhibited in this post and also in other posts. There is no conspiracy, there is nobody against anyone. The mods aren’t out to get anyone either… they are simply doing their job in the forum.
If you look at the facts you will see actually a far more open community effort has been done in 1.7 where the core team have opened the doors by asking event or UI contributions for the first time ever in the history of the project. These were open to absolutely everyone and still are. You, me, him, her.. anyone can do a wireframe and it will be discussed. Anyone is also encouraged to be part of this process. I am not a kid by any means, I have lots of work to do, a husband, a life outside of BuddyPress – do you truly think I and others like me who aren’t part of the core team would get involved in this project when it was going to be pointless to be involved?
In 1.6 there was even a theme project and yet again calls were made out for people to join. I did, so did others and you know what – we had an amazing time, were welcome and never had any agendas forced on us.
Whilst, out of context to your statement here, I shall mention briefly the apparently trigger word for you of ‘veto’. You took offence at my use of one word ‘veto’ in relation to a technique suggested for drag and drop feature by a member of the core team, claiming this was a sign of an agenda by the core team – I still encourage you to look at the logs I linked for the developer chat to put that statement into context. Then I think you would see no agenda as there wasn’t any. Perhaps as you state ‘if you take this as hostel you proved it’ you should look without bias before jumping at a word.
I have before and I will again simply ask you to turn up the developer meetings and get involved. There is no point writing posts like this without looking for solutions. Negative breeds negative and gets peoples backs up. You say don’t take this post as hostel, way I’d not take it as hostel would be to see you step up and be a positive influence and get involved in the community. Then you truly are putting the community first and making sure by being part of the solution there is no agenda.
You walk into a room with open arms and smile – you get a welcome. You walk into a room, you talk to people, you start conversations and engage positively – eventually you’re at the center of that room’s conversations and integrated. You walk into a room with folded arms and a grumpy face – you get no welcome. You walk into a room, stay a while and endlessly complain about the room and all the people in it – people stop talking to you, back off and the room becomes very lonely. You walk into a room, stay a while then start lashing out your arms and swearing – people ask you to leave. I hope you open your arms and become a part of the solution.
